Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

The oldest playground in America.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.